Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Cairngorms National Park and Monadhliath. Also includes the Ben Alder area hills between Loch Ericht and Loch Laggan.
Saturday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Poor visibility
Murky conditions with areas of fog shrouding the hills, making navigation challenging. Map and compass essential.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Saturday 6th June 2026
Last updated
Fri 5th Jun 26 at
4:30PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Patchy rain toward the south of the Highlands, and tends to become more persistent west coasts. Varied low cloud, higher breaks generally north. A swathe of rain and low cloud northern England and southern Scotland. Clusters of showery rain for Wales, heavy bursts with local thunder. Wind speeds varying.
Headline for Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Strong locally gusty wind. A little rain, lowest cloud south.
How windy? (On the Munros)
Southeasterly 25 to 35mph, gusts over 40mph in the morning east and northern Cairngorms, tending to lessen to be 15-25mph afternoon, again strongest in east; then rising more widely southerly later evening into night.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery over high terrain, affect comfortable walking in exposure on high eastern tops, locally gusty toward northern corries, feeling distinctly chilly. Tending to lessen from west.
How Wet?
Rain on and off southern hills, occasionally pushing north
A little rain and drizzle, most common in southern areas, less reaching Strathspey, dry here for periods. Some steadier pulses of rain drift across the region from the south during afternoon and evening, again less toward north.
Cloud on the hills?
Lowering from south to be extensive
Cloud banks mainly southern Cairngorms NP in the morning, clearer north of high tops for a few hours, but cloud increasingly covering over high Cairngorms widely, filling and tending to lower with time, lowest in south.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
50% dropping to 20%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sun mostly weak due to high cloud, mainly north; more likely becoming overcast. Visibility very good where dry, but reducing in rain.
How Cold? (at 900m)
5C rising to 7 or 8C afternoon, mildest toward Monadhliath. Feeling below freezing in the wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Sunday 7th June 2026
Last updated
Fri 5th Jun 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Southwesterly 30-35mph most of the day, some variability above and below this range, perhaps stronger afternoon hours.
Effect of the wind on you?
Strenuous walking in exposure most of the day with wind chill, risk arduous periods with balance challenges.
How Wet?
Patchy rain becomes more frequent
Patches of rain drifting from the southwest, mostly light in nature, driest on northern slopes to the east. Rain becomes more frequent and heavy from midday, the most extensive falls south and west.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting to high terrain
Banks of cloud at varied heights in the morning, mostly from 600m upward, soon beginning to lift with lower banks dissipating through morning to banks over terrain above 1000-1100m. May deteriorate somewhat in the west later.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
30%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sun through high cloud, becoming increasingly weakened. Variable visibility, very good for periods out of cloud.
How Cold? (at 900m)
7 or 8C, rising slightly, chance 10C northeast of high Cairngorms. Feeling below freezing in strongest wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Monday 8th June 2026
Last updated
Fri 5th Jun 26 at
4:30PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Southwesterly 20 to 30mph, may increase further at times over high Cairngorms.
Effect of the wind on you?
Feeling blustery, starting to affect comfortable walking and a noticeable chill on exposed high terrain.
How Wet?
Showery rain increasingly
Broadly showery, heavier bursts of rain most widely during the afternoon, risk isolated thunder, later particularly more northeastern areas.
Cloud on the hills?
Often capping high tops
Varying cloud banks over upper slopes, mostly above 900m, some higher breaks best in the north and east, but ragged patches lower in showers.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
40%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Brief bursts of sun. Visibility good away from showers and below cloud.
How Cold? (at 900m)
4 or 5C. Feeling like -5C directly in the wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Generally unsettled next week - showers affect most hills Monday and Tuesday, lowest cloud and most persistent rain along western slopes, but with some breaks as well with sunshine. Risk of a deeper area of lower pressure from Wednesday or later bringing widespread strong winds, probably gales over many summits, with prolonged heavy rain. Temperatures trending milder again into next weekend, pressure may begin to rise in the south to give drier weather more widely with time.